| 100% | TWENTYONE | 9 | Game depicted in the circled squares |
| 74% | CHIP | 4 | Technological device whose current shortage is depicted in the circled squares |
| 67% | GUITAR | 6 | Instrument depicted by the circled squares in this grid |
| 58% | ACHRISTMASCAROL | 15 | Novella whose final words are found in the circled squares |
| 57% | WHITEHEAD | 9 | Colson whose 2021 novel "Harlem Shuffle" is represented in the circled squares |
| 56% | PAVEDROAD | 9 | What the circled squares in this puzzle symbolize |
| 56% | GREETINGCARDS | 13 | Hallmark products … or a hint to what to find in the circled squares |
| 56% | COMMUNITYGARDEN | 15 | What the circled squares in this grid collectively represent |
| 55% | WHATIMPLEMENT | 13 | With 28-, 48- and 56-Across, riddle whose answer appears in the circled squares |
| 55% | CROSSREFERENCES | 15 | "See also" notations ... or what can be found in the circled squares in this puzzle? |
| 54% | LANDFORMS | 9 | Geographical features ... or what the circled squares in this puzzle represent |
| 54% | WORMHOLES | 9 | Theoretical paths depicted by the circled squares |
| 53% | HEAD | 4 | Circle in the game hangman |
| 53% | PORE | 4 | Skin feature … and a clue to the circled square in this row |
| 53% | TWORHYMINGWORDS | 15 | With 27-, 39-, 46- and 62-Across, a brain teaser, whose answer appears in the circled squares |
| 53% | TNUT | 4 | Hardware fastener ... or a literal hint to the circled squares in this puzzle |
| 53% | SORT | 4 | Word processing function … and a clue to the circled square in this row |
| 53% | HORA | 4 | Jewish wedding staple … and a clue to the circled square in this row |
| 52% | BIRDIE | 6 | Something needed to play the game depicted in this puzzle ... or a hint to the six circled answers |
| 52% | MARCHMADNESS | 12 | Annual college basketball tourney, rounds of which can be found in the circled squares at their appropriate numbers |
| 52% | SERVES | 6 | Starts the game depicted in this puzzle |
| 52% | ESCAPEACT | 9 | Houdini’s signature feat … or a hint to the circled squares in this puzzle |
| 52% | MORN | 4 | Poetic time of day … and a clue to the circled square in this row |
| 52% | SNL | 3 | TV show since 10/11/75, eight of whose former stars appear in the circled squares in this puzzle |
| 51% | PRIDEPARADE | 11 | June celebration ... which is depicted in this puzzle's circled squares? |
| 50% | TINYTIM | 7 | Speaker of the words in the circled squares, expressed literally |
| 49% | NONKOSHER | 9 | Like the four things named in the circled squares |
| 48% | OFFONALARK | 10 | What's depicted by the circled letters in 41-/49-Across |
| 47% | BYHOOKORBYCROOK | 15 | Whatever it takes ... as hinted at in the arrangements of black squares around the circled letters |
| 47% | MAYDAY | 6 | Timely cry appropriate to the sinking depicted in the circles |